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:: "The thing about the cracks is that when they erase something, they only erase that thing itself, not any of the consequences of its existence." I have to say, that's one of the most perfect explanations I've ever seen for the cracks. It also seems to apply to the Doctor and the Time War: he sent Gallifrey away to a different dimension, but he didn't eliminate the consequences of the war (especially on himself). [[Special:Contributions/98.180.54.181|98.180.54.181]]<sup>[[User talk:98.180.54.181#top|talk to me]]</sup> 03:11, February 12, 2014 (UTC) | :: "The thing about the cracks is that when they erase something, they only erase that thing itself, not any of the consequences of its existence." I have to say, that's one of the most perfect explanations I've ever seen for the cracks. It also seems to apply to the Doctor and the Time War: he sent Gallifrey away to a different dimension, but he didn't eliminate the consequences of the war (especially on himself). [[Special:Contributions/98.180.54.181|98.180.54.181]]<sup>[[User talk:98.180.54.181#top|talk to me]]</sup> 03:11, February 12, 2014 (UTC) | ||
::To a variable extent, they also erase memories of the things they erase. Amy, for example, remembered the clerics who'd been erased (''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]/[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'') but the other clerics did not remember them. Amy, though, didn't remember Rory after he'd been erased (''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]''). | |||
::The "rules" determining who remembers what have never been explained in detail, which is part of the problem in understanding what went on, but some aspects of them were explained. Time travellers usually '''do''' remember (Amy remembering the clerics). Amy failed to remember Rory either because he was from her home era & had travelled with her or because he'd simply been too close to her. | |||
::A person's memories could be inconsistent but the inconsistency would be "invisible" to that person. The last few clerics, for example, never saw anything odd in having been sent on their mission with (as far as they then knew) such an inadequate number of troops. Not only was that inconsistency "invisible" to the clerics but also '''they actively resisted having it drawn to their attention''', as we saw when Amy tried to convince them there had been more of them. --[[Special:Contributions/89.243.193.135|89.243.193.135]]<sup>[[User talk:89.243.193.135#top|talk to me]]</sup> 21:19, February 12, 2014 (UTC) | |||
